Funky smell had SF landmark’s tenants running for the exits

The landmark, 10-story Shreve Building at 210 Post St. in San Francisco, where a number of jewelry dealers operate, was without water for most of last week — prompting the closure of all bathrooms and suggestions from management that tenants use the Starbucks up the street.

“The toilets are overflowing — and we’ve had to open all our windows because the smell is horrendous,” one unhappy tenant told us early in the week.

After an attorney began visiting offices in the building and making inquiries, a building management official was seen going door to door to apologize — and by Friday afternoon, the toilets were once again flushing.

“We didn’t have any water — it was a mechanical failure,” said building manager Richard Lee. “But we got it running, and it’s one of those things we don’t want to do or see again.”

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